“ To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. ”
The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly...
Deuteronomy 6:16 . See Exodus 17:7 *, cf. Matthew 4:7 . tempt: better test; cf. the cognate noun (temptation = testing) in Deuteronomy 4:34 *. Massah (= testing) is another cognate no...
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
Ver. 16-19. Ye shall not tempt the Lord, &c.— He had warned them, ver. 12 against the sin of ingratitude, and forgetfulness of God, to which they might be tempted by prosperity: here he cau...
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Practical Exhortations To the repetition of the Decalogue Moses adds in the following Chapter s a practical exhortation to obedience founded on the special relation of Jehovah to Israel as their R...
EDUCATION-MOSAIC VIEW Deuteronomy 6:6-25 THOSE great verses, Deuteronomy 6:4-5 , form the central truth of the book. Everything else in it proceeds from and is informed by them, and they are d...
How to Treat God's Words Deuteronomy 6:1-19 Obedience is still the one condition of true prosperity and success. Lands still flow with milk and honey; and they live long who live well. Lives ar...
The appeal of Moses was now elaborated in a great statement on the deepest value of the commandment and the corresponding responsibilities of the people Observe the peculiar form of the opening state...
These are so many, beautiful repetitions of the same important precepts; and all leading to the same point, to intimate the jealousy of the LORD over his people. Reader! only pause and consider what...
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee ,.... This the Lord promised, and as it seems with an oath, that he would do for them; drive out their enemies, and make way for the settlement of them...
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT (vs.1-9) The ten commandments have been reaffirmed in chapter 5; now Moses emphasizes and enlarges upon the significance of the four commandments, which we have seen deal...
A Charge to Israel. B. C. 1451. 17 Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the L...
No text from Poole on this verse.
They Must Not Put Yahweh To The Test For He Requires A Loving and Righteous Response ( Deuteronomy 6:16-19 ). Analysis. a They are not to put Yahweh to the test as they did at Massah ( Deuteron...
CRITICAL NOTES .—Moses had rehearsed the law, reminded the people of the circumstances in which it was given, and now he sets forth its essential and fundamental doctrines, the nature and attributes...
Deuteronomy 6:1-2 . Now these are the commandments, the statues, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: Th...
Deuteronomy 6:4 . יהוה אלהינו יהוה אחד, Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah. There is uniformly an elision of the letter ם mem, when the plural is associated with the noun; and the י yod is not...
The Admonition Substantiated
Exodus 23:28-30 ; Judges 2:1-3 ; Judges 3:1-4 ; Numbers 33:52 ; Numbers 33:53